Lightning Is the Only Way

Why did Gravis say that this fight wouldn't be easy? Weren't they just three people one realm higher than him?

If Gravis didn't have so much experience in fighting, he wouldn't think like this. He would think that this would be pretty easy, actually. Yet, due to his experience, he realized an important point.

Group composition!

In this world, strong people always followed one sect. These sects were based on the elements, and different elements had different strengths and weaknesses. So, if Gravis were to be attacked by a group of strong people, chances were incredibly high that they all shared the same weaknesses.

Earth cultivators were slow. Wind cultivators lost their biggest strength since Gravis was faster, and fire cultivators were terrible at defending and so on. It was hard for their comrades to counteract those weaknesses if they, themselves, suffered from the same ones. Yet, all this was different if he fought people with different elements.

Right now, he stood before three people with three different elements. If Gravis tried to outspeed and outsmart the earth cultivator, the wind cultivator would cut him off with an attack. If Gravis tried to kill the wind cultivator first, the earth cultivator would block the attack. One also couldn't forget the darkness cultivator.

Back when Gravis still had his Elemental Synchronicity, the stealth of the darkness cultivators was useless against him. Yet, now he had no direct counter against that. Gravis had to keep one eye out for the darkness cultivator. If he didn't, he would be the target of a devastating assassination.

If they were at the same level, Gravis could quickly kill them, but the level suppression of their Heavenly Pressure made this problematic. His Will-Aura was barely able to fight the three Heavenly Pressures to a standstill, and that was already considering their weakened intensity due to them being spies and not fighters.

Gravis watched them with narrowed eyes, as they did the same. They had already taken out their weapons. The earth cultivator, just like back in the Earth Guild, had taken out his spear and long shield. The wind cultivator had retrieved a very long and thin longsword. Meanwhile, the darkness cultivator took out two daggers.

BANG WHOOSH!

The darkness cultivator took out some kind of metal ball and threw it towards the ground. The ball exploded and released a humongous amount of black smoke, which quickly gathered and darkened the surroundings.

BZZZ!

lot of the smoke, but it quickly regathered. The density had been slightly lowered, but in order to really destroy the smoke, he would probably need to waste

enemy might feel more secure like this, which could create an opportunity for Gravis. It might be riskier, but risks came with

was probably incredibly expensive. Gravis guessed that probably no one, except the darkness cultivator, could see the surroundings.

initiative, but not this time. Running blindly into the darkness

BANG!

Two daggers blocked his attack, but the darkness cultivator got shot away from the impact. Ordinary cultivators

do with Gravis' experience, for once. This time, it was all thanks to his new eyes. Being able to focus on everything at once was a huge help. He had seen the minor movement of smoke and had acted immediately. Normally, Gravis would immediately follow up to

SWISH!

released, ranged attack from a Spirit Weapon. If Gravis hadn't kept watch over his surroundings or followed the darkness cultivator, he would have been hit.

BOOM!

right into the direction of the wind. He knew that the earth cultivator would probably block him, but there was no other way

BOOM CRRK!

his front as he felt the Energy density increase. He wasn't able to be sure that the earth cultivator was in front of him, but he tried it anyway. His attack connected with something hard and felt the thing getting completely obliterated under his kick. Even though the earth cultivator had a higher realm than previously, his equipment was still

PUCHI!

previously, so the earth cultivator knew that his shield would only be able to block Gravis' attack once before it crumbled into dust. Therefore, he

flew for a long time, and his left arm even broke. Some fragments buried themselves into his body, but he was not as injured as back then. His realm had increased, after all. The earth

cultivator had also let go of his spear, which was still sticking out of Gravis, from both sides. Gravis didn't lose

SWOOOSH CLANK!